Invention Application
- Patent Title: HEART VALVE PINCH DEVICES AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS
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Application No.: US17651667Application Date: 2022-02-18
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Publication No.: US20220168096A1Publication Date: 2022-06-02
- Inventor: Hamid Rafi , Russell T. Joseph , Robert Bowes , Uy D. Trinh , Emil Karapetian , Gregory Bak-Boychuk
- Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Current Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Main IPC: A61F2/24
- IPC: A61F2/24

Abstract:
Pinch devices and access systems that can be used to secure a prosthetic heart valve to a heart valve annulus and to treat valvular insufficiency. A pinch device can be a separate expandable element from the prosthetic heart valve that is first advanced to the annulus and deployed, after which an expandable prosthetic heart valve can be advanced to within the annulus and deployed. The two elements can clamp/pinch the heart valve leaflets to hold the prosthetic heart valve in place. The pinch device can have a flexible, expandable annular frame. A combined delivery system can deliver the pinch device and prosthetic heart valve with just a single access point and aid more accurate coaxial deployment. The pinch device can be mounted near distal end of an access sheath, and a catheter for delivering the prosthetic heart valve can be passed through a lumen of the same access sheath.
Public/Granted literature
- US11844692B2 Heart valve pinch devices and delivery systems Public/Granted day:2023-12-19
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